Years of
the Sword - Wellington the Soldier

This WebSite is
dedicated to the military career of Sir Arthur Wellesley, the 1st Duke of Wellington, my
favorite commander throughout the Napoleonic Wars. It covers his entire service live from
entering the 73.Regiment of Highlanders in 1787 until his returning to Great Britain with
the end of the Occupation of France by the Allied Forces in 1818. You will find on this
WebSite biographical details on the Duke, extensive materials concerning all his
campaigns, related documents and maps, details on most of his subordinates, on some of his
French enemies, for which I have a special preference and corresponding chapters from my
series of historic novels on Wellington the Soldier -the WARLORD SERIES - together with links to some of my
favorite Napoleonic and Literature WebSites. If you like my WebSite, if you want to
discuss the Wars of the Revolution and the Times of Wellington and Napoleon, sent me an
e-mail: claudia.urbanovsky@laposte.net

Wellington's Commanders

This part of the site will
evolve constantly and I intend to add commanders as time goes bye. I think it unfaire to
restrain myself to flag rank only and therefore some subordinates whom I appreciate should
also find their way in.If you want to know about one or another who does not figure in
this list, please send me an e-mail:claudia.urbanovsky@laposte.net

Wellington's Army

This part of my website will
introduce you to The Men who Fought with Wellington. Before entering the links, forget
about this famous "They are but the scum of the Earth.............". They were
not, or not more or less then soldiery of this age usually was. Sure indeed, job prospects
in the Army were not so nice and therefore mostly desperate, poor and socially excluded
fellows followed the drums, but we should stick to the end of the famous
'Scum-of-the-Earth'-citation :".............it is quite amazing what fine fellows we
can make of them!" Wellington knew his men, so thrust we will believe the Duke,too.
After my own appreciation of the soldiers under Wellington, you will find links to some
regimental WebSites. I am not one of those, who try to pertrade the fairy tale that only
the Soldiers of England fought for the Duke. You may therefore see King's German Legion,
Brunswickers and other nationalities as well.

My Favorite
Adversaries of Wellington

This is not an exhaustive list
of all French Military Commanders beaten by Sir Arthur, but a piece of information of my favorite
adversaries of the Duke. This is the reason why I include also the Horse Guards! What
Napoleon's Marshalls never managed (To give Atty a good thrashing!), this old-fashioned
military administration domineered by very old gentlemen almost managed. Follow the links
and enjoy my private battlefield! One caveat only: Some of you may miss Mister Napoleone
Bonaparte in this listing. He will stay out of here! The emperor has enough websites of
his own and therefore I expect him to let this solitary site, devoted to the Duke of
Wellington alone. You will meet Napoleon at Waterloo; be satisfied with this entreact and
if this is not good enough for you, please refer to my "Interesting Napoleonic
Links" page.

The Wellington Novels

This part will introduce you
to the WARLORD series, my four novels on Wellington's War. The first tomeis 'Marattha-König Zweier Welten". It has been published as an audiobbok in August 2012 by Action-Verlag ( www.action-verlag.com ) and if you are fluent in German you may purchase it via Audible.de or Amazon.de. It is now also available (in German) as an Ebook from Droemer-Knaur Neobooks and can be acquired as a download for Kindle from Amazon or for any other ebook-reader via the habitual webbased German-language book stores (Thalia,Weltbild, Ciando etc.)
The three other novelsof the WARLORD-Series will be published soon as audiobooks and Ebooks, too. A print version is also possible, but I have no idea about a time schedule yet.
You can meet my fictive heros and learn more about the other novels on which I am working here on this pages.
And do not forget to sign my NEW GUESTBOOK
on this page!

Books & Links

On this page you will find an overview on
good
literature (from my point of view) covering the times and wars of Wellington. You can also
connect to other WebSites which treat of the times of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Wars. I tried to chose good, historically instructive sites, which treat also with the
Armies, Regiments, Weaponry and Uniforms of those days. For readers interested in old
documents, I propose a hyperlink into the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, whose
'Gallica' will allow you to telecharge so interesting materials as Jomini's 'The Campaign
of 1815' or the 'Relation de la Campagne de 1815, dite de Waterloo' by Colonel Heymes, an
AdC to Marshal Michel Ney, but also maps and views of the times of the Revolution and the
I.Empire.

The History WebRings Page

NEW!!

The
Napoleonic Wars Ring - The Regency Ring - Geschichtsring

An
absolute 'must' for those who love history: The
Napoleonic Wars Ring takes you far beyond the singular caracters of
Bonaparte and Wellington deep into the most passionate page of newer
European History : From the Age of Revolution to the Creation of Europe at
the Congress of Vienna and on the Bloddy Fields of Waterloo......

The
Times of Wellington and those men who fought with him; The
Regency Ring will make you live the first half of the XIX. Century as if
you were there. Beautiful websites dedicated to renowned novelists from and
of those days, a social, economic and political panorama of the Great
Britain of 'Mad King George III.' and the Prince Regent 'Prinny', who would
become George IV, with the renown of one of Europe's most fashionable
gentlemen, but also one of the most unflatteringly vicious........

Geschichtsring
- A Webring containing sites that cover everything, from the Dark Ages to
the XX.Century: Have a look on this nice collection!

Napoleonic
Wars and Duke of Wellington - Two excellent
Webrings covering the full spectrum of the history of the British Forces
through the Centuries, including Regimental Histories and Websites devoted
to Re-enactment: A worthwile visit for serious and extensive information!

Geschichtsring
Deutschland - Superbe, complete, most pages are in German, excellent
sites on "Deutsch Südwest and the 'Schutztruppen', a lot of stuff on
the two WWs for those who are interested in contemporary history......and
much more!